^[1]Our twice-yearly speed networking events always draw a big crowd, and we know that many of you in academia are interested in transitioning to industry. We’re joining these two concepts for our December 3rd event (thanks to MO BIO’s Suzanne Kennedy ^[2] for the idea!).

If you’ve never been to a speed networking event, it’s pretty simple: come with lots of business cards and your 30 second elevator speech, and you’ll meet at least 25 professionals in one night! See a review of one of our earlier speed networking events ^[3] for more details. For this event, we’re encouraging industry folks to come as mentors, so we’re giving everyone the ‘academic’ rate of $20. We’ll also organize the event to maximize interactions between academics and industry. We’ve asked three professionals to talk about their transition to industry, and they will help answer questions you’ve asked during registration. Join us! ^[4]

Speakers

Kevin Harvey [5], Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Bioinformatics at EMD Millipore

Linda Robertson [6], Ph.D., Regulatory Affairs Executive

Mark Title [7], Ph.D., CTO, Advanced Technology Leadership

Sponsorships are available for this popular event, contact us ^[8]!

Special thanks to Mark Title ^[9] and Jim Wiesner ^[10] for helping organize this event!

Event Details

Who: Life science researchers and professionals in the greater San Diego area
What: SDBN December 3rd Speed Networking: Transitioning from Academia to Industry Event
When: Monday, December 3rd 2012, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Where:Green Flash Brewery Tasting Room, 6550 Mira Mesa Boulevard San Diego, 92121 (directions below)
Cost: $20, dinner provided, beer and soda available for purchase.
Contact: http://sdbn.org/contact ^[8]
For more information about the event: http://sdbn.org/december ^{[11] [4]}
Directions: From the west: From the 805 North or South exit Mira Mesa Blvd, head east for 2.0 miles, the Green Flash Tasting Room will be on the left/north side of the street at Flanders Drive. From the east: From the 15 North or South exit Mira Mesa Blvd, head west for 3.6 miles, the Green Flash Tasting Room will be on the right/north side of the street at Flanders Drive.
Parking: The Green Flash lot holds about 70 cars, so come early and carpool if you’d like to park there. You can also park on the street, but be very mindful that there are some poorly marked ‘no parking’ areas, especially on Sequence where there is a center lane.
Image courtesy of Trydberg on Flickr ^[1].